Multileader Update Text

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I have a requirement to update the multileaders object text "contents1" in my drawings and am unable to find a solution.

I have tried the dataextraction tool to get the multileader text, then edit the excel file, but how then do I update the drawing from that file?

I use the "From Spreadsheet" function and then get "Column labels "HDL" and "FILENAME" not found in the file. Unable to continue".

I used the dataextraction method as the "Export to Spreadsheet" does not export the Multileader objects.

Any suggestion on a way to automate this exercise would be appreciated.

Thanks,

JT

[jseefdrumr]

I don't know of a way to automate what you want to do.

Multileaders aren't really given a purpose in ACADE, and so there isn't much in the way of reports or updating that even recognize their existence.

The export/import functions you're using look for/evaluate the names of blocks and the attributes inside of them. These objects contain the information that is then compiled into a report, or used to perform an update.

Multileaders aren't blocks, and they don't contain any attributes.

That's not to say that a fast way to do this doesn't exist, but I'm fairly certain that you won't be able to do it with any of ACADE's normal, in-built tools.

Hope this helps,
Jim

[Anonymous]

As mentioned, I can access the multileader objects via the data extraction tool and it populates the leaders into an excel sheet perfectly fine.

I guess I will need to look at writing the values from the excel sheet back into the drawing via a lisp function I will have to create, unless someone else chimes in with an alternative.

Thanks for your comments.

JT

[Anonymous]

OK,

I think we can close this.

What I did was to create a new custom "textbox" component, comprised solely of visible text (other attributes are hidden).

I then exploded all the multileader objects in my drawings and replaced the existing text with the new "textbox" component.

I am now able to export to spreadsheet, update as necessary and re-import as needed for project updates.

I spent more time looking for an existing solution than it actually took to solve it directly...  pretty dumb 😉

Thanks for the support.

JT